Journal title
Dur. 1st rev. rnd
Tot. handling time
Imm. rejection time
Num. rev. reports
Report quality
Overall rating
Outcome
Liquid Crystals
2.0 weeks
2.0 weeks
n/a
1 reports
5
5
Accepted
Brazilian Journal of Physics
2.0 weeks
3.0 weeks
n/a
1 reports
5
5
Accepted
Croatian Review of Rehabilitation Research
13.0 weeks
16.0 weeks
n/a
2 reports
4
4
Accepted
Social Epistemology
14.6 weeks
27.1 weeks
n/a
1 reports
5
3
Accepted
Perspectives in Science
n/a
n/a
11 days
n/a
n/a
n/a
Rejected (im.)
International Labour Review
13.0 weeks
39.1 weeks
n/a
1 reports
4
4
Accepted
Arkivoc
2.1 weeks
3.1 weeks
n/a
2 reports
4
4
Accepted
International Journal of Electrical Power and Energy Systems
39.1 weeks
41.2 weeks
n/a
3 reports
4
3
Accepted
Motivation: The impression left on me by this review process was mixed. The duration between the first submission and the first reviews was extremely long (9 months) but, once I sent the revisions, the paper was accepted two weeks after, which was a pleasant surprise. Concerning the quality of the reviews, it was also mixed : one of them was very good, bringing welcome insights, another focused only on form and had nothing of substance to contribute but was a fair assessment, while the last one read like a rant written by someone who was not familiar with the subject at hand.
Journal of Applied Entomology
6.6 weeks
8.0 weeks
n/a
2 reports
5
5
Accepted
Motivation: My experience with the review process for this journal was very pleasant. I received helpful feedback in a timely manner that ultimately improved the final version of the accepted manuscript.
Free Radical Biology and Medicine
2.7 weeks
4.9 weeks
n/a
3 reports
4
4
Accepted
Antioxidants and Redox Signaling
2.0 weeks
2.0 weeks
n/a
5 reports
1
1
Rejected
Journalism Studies
9.0 weeks
9.1 weeks
n/a
2 reports
4
5
Accepted
Biomaterials
4.0 weeks
5.0 weeks
n/a
1 reports
3
4
Accepted
International Journal of Production Research
51.7 weeks
56.1 weeks
n/a
2 reports
5
3
Accepted
Journal of Cleaner Production
5.3 weeks
5.3 weeks
n/a
2 reports
4
4
Accepted
Motivation: In this case, it went on well. In another manuscript, reviewing time went more than 20 weeks.
Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research
3.1 weeks
3.1 weeks
n/a
2 reports
4
5
Accepted
Advanced Engineering Materials
n/a
n/a
9 days
n/a
n/a
n/a
Rejected (im.)
Thin Solid Films
21.7 weeks
21.7 weeks
n/a
2 reports
4
4
Accepted
Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells
21.7 weeks
21.7 weeks
n/a
2 reports
4
4
Accepted
Desalination and Water Treatment
17.1 weeks
17.1 weeks
n/a
3 reports
4
4
Accepted
International Journal of Chemical Kinetics
18.3 weeks
28.7 weeks
n/a
3 reports
5
3
Accepted
Scientific Reports
3.3 weeks
8.7 weeks
n/a
2 reports
4
4
Accepted
Motivation: I think the review process was relatively shorter than other journal.
Canadian Journal of Political Science
13.0 weeks
26.0 weeks
n/a
2 reports
4
3
Accepted
Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift
2.7 weeks
3.9 weeks
n/a
2 reports
4
4
Accepted
Phytochemistry
16.4 weeks
29.4 weeks
n/a
3 reports
4
1
Accepted
Separation and Purification Technology
4.7 weeks
4.9 weeks
n/a
2 reports
5
5
Accepted
RSC Advances
9.3 weeks
10.3 weeks
n/a
3 reports
5
5
Accepted
Nature
n/a
n/a
0 days
n/a
n/a
n/a
Rejected (im.)
Motivation: Nature set a record in my lab by rejecting our paper in under 3 hours. I sincerely doubt that the editor carefully considered whether to send our paper out to review.
Journal of Mechanical Science and Technology
4.1 weeks
4.1 weeks
n/a
1 reports
1
4
Rejected
Elife
7.3 weeks
12.4 weeks
n/a
3 reports
5
5
Accepted
Motivation: At the time eLife was billing a fast turnaround time and I didn't get that. The office were good about communicating with me about the delays in reviewing the paper. Overall the review process was great. The reports were synthesized into a sensible decision letter, moreover the reviews are published online at this journal.
American Journal of Nursing
17.4 weeks
17.4 weeks
n/a
1 reports
5
4
Accepted
Journal of Population Research
13.3 weeks
14.7 weeks
n/a
2 reports
5
5
Accepted
Motivation: Fast turn around between submission, approval and publication.
Asian Population Studies
16.7 weeks
22.9 weeks
n/a
3 reports
4
4
Accepted
Population and Development Review
n/a
n/a
36 days
n/a
n/a
n/a
Rejected (im.)
Population and Development Review
16.6 weeks
26.6 weeks
n/a
2 reports
3
4
Accepted
Population and Development Review
16.1 weeks
16.7 weeks
n/a
3 reports
5
5
Accepted
17.1 weeks
27.9 weeks
n/a
4 reports
4
4
Accepted
Population
8.7 weeks
17.7 weeks
n/a
2 reports
3
4
Accepted
International Journal of Managerial Finance
12.7 weeks
22.1 weeks
n/a
2 reports
4
5
Accepted
Journal of Physical Chemistry, C
8.9 weeks
9.7 weeks
n/a
2 reports
4
4
Accepted
Motivation: This experience was revealed that choosing the experienced and efficient high scientific level reviewers is the key to make efficient reviewing process.